A key Boko Haram terrorist leader, Abu Asad and several others have been eliminated by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai in air strikes on their hideout at Tagoshe on the Mandara Mountains in Borno. Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the Director of the Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), while disclosing this…
The Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja on Friday, sacked Abubakar Suleiman, the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly. A three-man panel held that the election that produced Suleiman in Ningi Central Constituency in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State was full of irregularities while ordering a rerun in 10 polling units in…
The Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja on Thursday, affirmed the election of Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya as Gombe State Governor. Justice Orji Abadua-led three-man panel of the appeal held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) failed to prove allegations of non-compliance and irregularities in their separate petitions, thereby, upholding the…
Suspected Boko Haram fighters on Saturday attacked the security convoy of the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, killing one policeman and injuring six others, along the Jakana-Mainok expressway in Borno State. The Informant247 gathered that the security team was on the convoy that escorted the governor to Maiduguri for the 24th Convocation ceremony of…
Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday attributed the hardship faced by the North-East to the activities of terrorists in the region. Shettima who lamented that terrorism had plagued the region for far too long, expressed optimism that the scourge would be defeated. The VP whose speech was read by the Senate President, Godwill Akpabio…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal of AVM Sadique Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) while affirming the election of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State. Justice Chidiebere Nwaoma-led three-member panel on Friday unanimously held that Abubakar and the APC failed to prove the allegations of malpractices and…
No fewer than two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been killed, and over,000 houses were burnt when fire swept through Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri. The Informant247 gathered that the fire began at about 6 am and lasted for over an hour before it was brought under control by fire service personnel. Dr Barkindo…
A 20-year-old bride, Amina Hassan from Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has been arrested for allegedly setting her husband’s house ablaze after he refused to grant her a divorce. The couple were said to have agreed to their marriage. According to reports, Amina had informed her parents that she was no longer…
Following police’s failure to serve the hearing notice to Yunusa-Ari.Hudi Yunusa-Ari, the embattled Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in Adamawa State, the suspended REC on Monday, failed to appear at the State High Court, where he was to be arraigned. Justice Benjamin Manji of the State High Court ordered INEC to…
No fewer than nine persons reported to be Zabarmari rice farmers have been allegedly killed during an attack by Boko Haram terrorists on some Borno communities. According to Zagazola Makama, a country-insurgency publication in the Lake Chad region, the incident occurred on Sunday when the farmers were harvesting crops. Zabarmari is a farming community located…
The Borno State Governor Babagana, on Monday, warned that the Boko Haram crisis may consume the nation if it is not contained. Zulum, while speaking when hosting the reconstituted management board of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) at the council chambers of the Borno State Government House in Maiduguri, maintained that the continuous existence of…
A Catholic Priest of Wukari Catholic Diocese, Thaddeus Terhembe, has been abducted by suspected gunmen in Taraba State. According to the Communication Officer of the Catholic Diocese of Wukari, John Jerome, in a statement on Sunday, the priest was abducted in his parish at Saint Ann’s Parish, Sarkin Kudu, in the Ibi Local Government Area…
Justice Theodora Obi Uloho-led Adamawa State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Yola on Saturday upheld the reelection of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while the petition by Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Uloho, while delivering the judgement, held that the petitioners failed to prove…
Following the Appeal Court judgment, sacking Senator representing Adamawa North in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, on Wednesday, sworn-in Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the new Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District. Yohanna was inaugurated at the commencement of…
In a bid to mitigate the effects of the fuel subsidy on its employees, Pen Resources University, a private university in Gombe, has announced a salary increment for all categories of staff. According to a report, the increment, which ranges from 25 per cent to 35 per cent, is aimed at cushioning the effects of…
Barrister Hudu Ari Yunusa, the suspended Adamawa State Electoral Commissioner (REC), has been scheduled for arraignment by the State High Court on November 6, 2023. The Informant247 gathered that Hudu faces multiple charges, including announcing false electoral results, breaching his oath of neutrality, disorderly conduct during elections, inciting disturbance, and personating a public servant. Initially…
No fewer than 76 suspects in connection with the same-sex wedding have been arrested by the men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Gombe state while foiling a planned wedding by the individuals. According to Buhari Sa’ad, the state Public Relations Officer, while parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters…
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday night attacked an office of the Nigeria Customs Service in Geidam town, Geidam LGA, Yobe state, killing one Customs officer identified as Usman Gombe. The Informant247 gathered that the insurgents stormed the Customs office along Maine Soroa Road in a Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday voided the election of the Senator representing Adamawa North in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Abbo the winner of the February 25, 2023 parliamentary election. Still, Amos…
Bala Mohammed, the Bauchi State Governor, has decried the level of insecurity owing to the incessant kidnapping activities while soliciting the Federal Government’s support to fight banditry. The Informant247 gathered that the governor solicited the FG’s support during his visit to vigilantes and local hunters in the Lere community, Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of…
